Page 3: Historical Events In March - 13

1855  On this day in history percival "Percy" Lowell, US astronomer (predicted discovery of Pluto)   

1858  On March - 13 maximilien Luce, French painter   

1859  John Brown 1800-1859 brings first black slaves to Canada from the US via the Underground Railway; he is later made famous in a song, John Brown's Body, about a raid he made on Harper's Ferry, Virginia on March - 13.   

1859  On March - 13 ivo Bligh, cricketer (Lord Darnley England capt v Australia 1882-83)   

1860  The birth of Hugo Wolf, Austrian composer on this day in history.   

1861  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on March - 13.   

1862  On March - 13 vasily Mikhaylovich Metallov, composer   

1865  On this day in history uS Confederate Congress calls on black slaves for field service   

1865  Jefferson Davis signs bill authorizing use of slaves as soldiers on March - 13.   

1868  Senate begins President Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on March - 13.   

1868  Senate begins Pres Andrew Johnson impeachment trial on March - 13.   

1869  Arkansas legislature passes anti-Klan law on March - 13.   

1872  Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist on March - 13.   

1875  Maria E G "Lizzy" Ansingh, Dutch painter (Caught Sultane) on March - 13.   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their first golf match on this day in history.   

1878  Oxford defeats Cambridge in their 1st golf match on March - 13.   

1879  On this day in history adolf Anderssen, German world champ chess (1851..66), dies at 60   

1881  On March - 13 in Russia, Czar Alexander II is killed near the Winter Palace by a hand-bomb thrown by a member of the "People’s Will," a militant wing of the Narodniki movement, which advocated socialist reform in Russia and the elimination of the central government   

1881  Balthazar H Verhagen, Neth/South African dramatist/writer on this day in history.   

1881  Alexander II, Tsar of Russia, assassinated at 62 on March - 13.   

1883  On March - 13 enrico Toselli, composer   

1884  Siege of Khartoum Sudan begins on March - 13.   

1884  The birth of Sir Hugh Walpole, English novelist on March - 13.   

1884  US adopts Standard Time on this day in history.   

1884  Emanuel Stickelberger, Swiss writer (Bluthochzeit) on this day in history.   

1885  In Victoria British Columbia, the Legislature passes Chinese Restriction; bans entry of Chinese immigrants, later ruled unconstitutional on March - 13.   

1886  Henri D Gagnebin, Swiss organist on this day in history.   

1887  On this day in history chester Greenwood of Maine patents earmuffs   

1887  Carlos Isamitt, composer on March - 13.   

1888  Great Blizzard of 1888 rages on March - 13.   

1890  Michael Taube, composer on March - 13.   

1890  On this day in history henry Wylde, composer, dies at 67   

1892  Alec Rowley, composer on March - 13.   

1894  On this day in history j L Johnstone of England invents horse racing starting gate   

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1372  On March - 13 birth of louis of Valois, Duke of Orléans, brother of Charles VI of France (d. 1407)   

1548  On this day in history birth of sasbout Vosmeer, Dutch Catholic theologist/apostole   

1599  On March - 13 birth of johannes Berchmans, Dutch Jesuit/saint   

1615  Innocent XII, [Antonio Pignatelli], Pope (1691-1700) was born on March - 13.   

1683  John Theophilus Desaguliers, French-British philosopher (d. 1744) was born on March - 13.   

1696  Louis F A D Duke de Richelieu, French marshal was born on March - 13.   

1700  James Kent, composer was born on this day in history.   

1700  On March - 13 birth of michel Blavet, composer   

1202  On March - 13 mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies   

1271  Death of Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) on March - 13.   

1395  Death of John Barbour, Scottish poet on March - 13.   

1516  On this day in history vladislav II Jagiello, king of Bohemia (1490-1516), dies at 60   

1558  On this day in history jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies   

1569  On this day in history lodewijk Condé, French prince/co-leader of Hugenot, dies   

1573  Death of Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman on March - 13.   

1604  On March - 13 death of arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer (b. 1537)